National Briefing | New England: Massachusetts: Military Challenge Renewed

Published: March 8, 2007

Twelve former soldiers renewed their challenge to the government's ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy that bars openly declared gay men and lesbians from the military, telling a federal court that the policy forced them into a life of lies. The six men and six women asked the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Boston, to reverse a lower court ruling from April dismissing their constitutional challenge to the 14-year-old policy.